About Balancing Chemical Equations
How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can you change to balance an equation? Play a game to test your ideas!
How to play Balancing Chemical Equations
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced?
Questions & answers
- What is Balancing Chemical Equations?
- Balancing Chemical Equations is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can you change to balance an equation?
- What can kids learn from Balancing Chemical Equations?
- It helps kids explore: balance a chemical equation. recognize that the number of atoms of each element is conserved in a chemical reaction. describe the difference between coefficients and subscripts in a chemical equation. translate from symbolic to molecular representations of matter.
- What age is Balancing Chemical Equations good for?
- It is designed for middle school (roughly ages 10–14) up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Balancing Chemical Equations free to play?
- Yes — Balancing Chemical Equations is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.